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A Philadelphia-based company that operated passenger and cargo vessels between Philadelphia and New York City, United States and between Liverpool and Southampton, United Kingdom. In 1902, the company merged with other shipping companies to become part of the International Mercantile Marine Company but the name American Line continued to exist until 1932 when it became part of United States Lines.

A United States shipping line that operated passenger and cargo vessels between the eastern seaboard of the United States and the Mediterranean. In 1964, the company was merged with the Isbrandtsen Company to become American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines.

The Allan Line was a shipping company established in Scotland that operated passenger and cargo vessels between Glasgow, Liverpool, and Montreal. The company was purchased by Canadian Pacific Steamships in 1917 and by the following year the Allan name had disappeared from commercial shipping.

Canadian aluminum mining and manufacturing corporation.

Initially a Seattle-based company, Alaska Steamship became part of a conglomerate funded by J.P. Morgan and Guggenheim money in 1909. The company operated passenger and freight service from Seattle to Alaska. The Jones Act, passed by Congress in 1920 prohibited shipping between any two U.S. ports in anything but American-built and flagged ships, greatly benefited the company by forcing two Canadian shipping companies out of the Alaska market.

During World War II, the government took over the company's ships and after the war, the company struggled to compete with the new Alaska Highway and the emergence of faster, cheaper air service. The company discontinued passenger service altogether in 1954, though by then it had established itself within the container ship industry. Despite these efforts, the Alaska Steamship Company shut down in January 1971.